The correct answer is Option (1) - 919
- The ratio of females to men in the 0-6 age group is known as the child sex ratio.
- India's child sex ratio was 927 in the census of 2001 but dropped to 919 in the census of 2011.
- According to the 2011 Census, Haryana has the lowest child sex ratio (834 per thousand men), while Mizoram has the highest (971 females against 1000 males) among the Indian states.
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands has the greatest child sex ratio of any Indian Union Territory, at 968 per 1,000 men.
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